Members James Hart Posted September 26, 2007 Members Share Posted September 26, 2007 Hey all... I recently agreed to sit in with an Alt Rock sorta singer / songwriter / guitarist and his similarly skilled brother on 2nd guitar and a Berkley wannabe Phish Head drummer. I also recently bought a Zoom H2 SD card recorder... Here are 2 samples of our 2nd gathering. My Bee into my FX board into a 100 watt 1x15" Ampeg the drummer has at the house. A mellow tune with my noodling through the changes mostly Clip #1 (I was getting a feel for the changes when he started singing... You are hearing me hear / play it for the first time) and a simple progression with my OLC Thor on the bass Clip #2 (again, seat of our pants... we are going to start actually working on tunes this week. The singer says he was ad-libbing.) The clips are as recorded by the H2, copied to my drive, loaded into Sonar, cut up & normalized. I cannot recommend the H2 enough for players that like to record rehearsals and I'm digging my new gig too... it's rough / raw, but I like the potential Let me know what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roguetitan Posted September 26, 2007 Members Share Posted September 26, 2007 a little out of sync but I think with some rehearsal time to do some refinement it would sound really good. I think if you would have done some multi track recording you could have even cleaned those pieces up quite nicely by editing and mastering the tracks. those pieces have excellent potental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members James Hart Posted September 26, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 26, 2007 Thanks... yeah I know they are real rough. This was our second time together (the first was a train wreck of a brotherly power play between the guitarists). The rehearsal was a non structured jam this time at my request. We all needed to open up and get to know each other's playing a bit. My reason for sharing was the recorder itself... the Zoom H2 is my best investment of the last decade I think. Once we have songs written / down, we'll be using the drummers multitrack digital workstation and/or my PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members James Hart Posted September 26, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 26, 2007 bump 'cause I'm an attention whore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hotblack Posted September 26, 2007 Members Share Posted September 26, 2007 I agree. An excellent recorder. I have been very happy with mine thus far. If you want a carry bag for the recorder, any digital camera bag will work nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members James Hart Posted September 26, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 26, 2007 If you want a carry bag for the recorder, any digital camera bag will work nicely. Great idea! I have a little anvil style hard case the wife bought for keeping her mouse in her laptop bag. It holds the H2 and all it's goodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nazman06 Posted September 26, 2007 Members Share Posted September 26, 2007 I have to be honest here..that dude cannot sing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members James Hart Posted September 26, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 26, 2007 I have to be honest... let me here your stuff so I can weigh your opinion I like the dudes vocal potential. Is he out of key some... hell yeah, he was ad-libbing words and melody and guitar parts. Pitch control will come with practice and confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super Bass Posted September 26, 2007 Members Share Posted September 26, 2007 Those Zoom recorders are awesome! I have the H4 and I love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members James Hart Posted September 26, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 26, 2007 Those Zoom recorders are awesome! I have the H4 and I love it the H4 GASed me up for a bit... but it was a little too much $$$ and had a little bit too many features I'd never use. The H2 suited me perfect All the good press / reviews / recommendations the H4 got was the reason I jumped at the H2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roguetitan Posted September 26, 2007 Members Share Posted September 26, 2007 I have to be honest here..that dude cannot sing lighten up a little dude, it was the second time these guys ever played together can you sit there and tell me with a strait face you can nail a new bass line the first time you ever try to play it?if you say yes you are a {censored}en liar. vocalizing is no different than learning a phrase on a musical instrument. I am kind of curious now how much that little recorder cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nazman06 Posted September 26, 2007 Members Share Posted September 26, 2007 I have to be honest... let me here your stuff so I can weigh your opinion I like the dudes vocal potential. Is he out of key some... hell yeah, he was ad-libbing words and melody and guitar parts. Pitch control will come with practice and confidence. Man, I cannot sing either..I am horrible..That's why I don't..I play bass and bang my head and jump around..I leave the singing to my singer..I can't even holler "HELL YEAH" in key.. Sorry man, I was just being honest..yall sounded good..But , I see alot of good bands with bad singers and they are blind to it. If you want to hear our music then go to http://www.myspace.com/theblacksheepband And I am not saying Benjie is the greatest singer..But, he can sing. Didn't mean to offend man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members James Hart Posted September 27, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 27, 2007 And I am not saying Benjie is the greatest singer..But, he can sing. it's just a matter of opinion... I can appreciate your tastes and not taking it personally, but truthfully I would pass your guy up cold. I found that style of vocals dated back in the 80s. No dig against the talents involved... tight band and all... powerful riffs and tones... well played! But not my scene for 20+ years. I'd pick Dan's style & vibe over Benjie Good thing we play different styles in different bands I do appreciate the honest feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members James Hart Posted September 27, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 27, 2007 I am kind of curious now how much that little recorder cost? $199 from www.americanmusical.com I ordered a Maxon AF9 and some cables at the same time... did the 3 payment plan on my mac card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members willsellout Posted September 27, 2007 Members Share Posted September 27, 2007 Hey all... I recently agreed to sit in with an Alt Rock sorta singer / songwriter / guitarist and his similarly skilled brother on 2nd guitar and a Berkley wannabe Phish Head drummer. I also recently bought a Zoom H2 SD card recorder... Here are 2 samples of our 2nd gathering. My Bee into my FX board into a 100 watt 1x15" Ampeg the drummer has at the house. A mellow tune with my noodling through the changes mostly Clip #1 (I was getting a feel for the changes when he started singing... You are hearing me hear / play it for the first time) and a simple progression with my OLC Thor on the bass Clip #2 (again, seat of our pants... we are going to start actually working on tunes this week. The singer says he was ad-libbing.) The clips are as recorded by the H2, copied to my drive, loaded into Sonar, cut up & normalized. I cannot recommend the H2 enough for players that like to record rehearsals and I'm digging my new gig too... it's rough / raw, but I like the potential Let me know what you think. Dude...that Thor {censored}ing rules..clip two sounds killer! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members James Hart Posted September 27, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 27, 2007 Dude...that Thor {censored}ing rules..clip two sounds killer! Dan Thanks I'm digging the Thor myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bnyswonger Posted September 27, 2007 Members Share Posted September 27, 2007 You've got some brass ones posting a work tape! The quality is pretty decent all things considered, but yeah, it's little tentative all around. Bass sounds nice. I think the singer has a nice little rasp and warm quality to his voice, but like everyone else he's just sorting things out. Keep going - I'd like to hear it when it's all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members James Hart Posted September 27, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 27, 2007 Hehe! they come from humping tube gear around (although I've yet to drag the rig to this house yet)... I wish the band was more ready... but I'm just thrilled over this H2 I'll keep you posted on our progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nazman06 Posted September 27, 2007 Members Share Posted September 27, 2007 it's just a matter of opinion... I can appreciate your tastes and not taking it personally, but truthfully I would pass your guy up cold. I found that style of vocals dated back in the 80s. No dig against the talents involved... tight band and all... powerful riffs and tones... well played! But not my scene for 20+ years. I'd pick Dan's style & vibe over Benjie Good thing we play different styles in different bands I do appreciate the honest feedback. I know what you are saying..But we are old ..we just play for fun and do some old classic metal to entertain..Most of the clubs we play at are metal heads and they love what we do..If I was younger and thought I actually had a shot at the big time I would go with a newer style voclalist. I am 44 and not going to pretend I am going to go somewhere with my music. Just trying to have fun.Thanks for the good comments:wave: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members James Hart Posted September 27, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 27, 2007 I am 44 and not going to pretend I am going to go somewhere with my music. I'll be 40 in a few months myself :poke: and yeah, I was a rock star for a while in my youth... right now I'm just having fun with it when it's convenient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members i_wanna_les_paul Posted September 27, 2007 Members Share Posted September 27, 2007 Flash recorders are really cool! I just got back from the field (literally, a cotton field), where I did an interview with a Marantz PMD 660. This thing has made my workflow so much smoother, it's very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T. Alan Smith Posted September 28, 2007 Members Share Posted September 28, 2007 Dang. Gotta get me one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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